as in big
one of high position or importance within a group
among food and beverage magazines, it's one of the biggies
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Recent Examples of biggie
Some biggies to look out for are issues with the exterior, namely the foundation and the roof, as well as major systems, like plumbing and HVAC.
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Personal Finance, TheWeek, 19 Jan. 2026
The shoes and poles were also a biggie.
—Julia Sullivan, Outside, 18 Dec. 2025
The biggie is Club holding Nvidia , which will report its fiscal 2026 third quarter after Wednesday's close.
—Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 17 Nov. 2025
The luxury of a vacation on these islands makes pitching in with a little voluntourism feel like no biggie.
—Betsy Andrews, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2025
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Personal Finance, TheWeek, 19 Jan. 2026
The shoes and poles were also a biggie.
—Julia Sullivan, Outside, 18 Dec. 2025
The biggie is Club holding Nvidia , which will report its fiscal 2026 third quarter after Wednesday's close.
—Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 17 Nov. 2025
The luxury of a vacation on these islands makes pitching in with a little voluntourism feel like no biggie.
—Betsy Andrews, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for biggie
Recent Examples of Synonyms for biggie
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Redshirt sophomore Jana El Alfy got an unusually early opportunity, coming in first off the bench before the three-minute mark of the first quarter, and Auriemma also took Strong off the floor for several stretches to see the team’s other bigs navigate without her presence.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
2 Mar. 2026
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Seven have come against teams with a European big.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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Her moment of realization was heart-wrenching (and funny) and turned both into reality-TV heavyweights.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2026
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Instead, the firm has leased portions of its campus to parties like investment heavyweight Vanguard.—
Nick Wooten,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Styles has promised that his new record will be synthesizer-heavy, with inspiration including LCD Soundsystem and his time living in Berlin.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
28 Feb. 2026
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These figures place the organic prototype within the performance envelope of conventional lithium-ion batteries, while introducing a new materials platform based on organic chemistry rather than metal-heavy cathodes, CarNewsChina writes.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Biggie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biggie. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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